You paid sales tax, which is a completely different tax than income taxes.

That's true, didn't think to separate that out.

As far as the personal use part:

I "use" my magazines to read & educate myself, just as I can say I "use" my cards to read & educate myself. I just don't see how the IRS can single out some of these things when "personal use" can be such a vague description. Maybe it just depends on how technical a person gets. The whole idea just frustrates me. Next, we'll all have to fill out forms before having a garage sale. Why doesn't the government go pick on the millionaires for a while.